Public transport on Shabbat?
 Will the Knesset ratify a bill changing the status quo regarding Shabbat? The new bid proposes amending the laws prohibiting public transportation on Shabbat, and seeks to differentiate between activities that should be allowed on the holy day of rest...
Jul 25th, 2008 08:47 AM
US army honors IDF chief
 Admiral Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, surprised IDF Chief of Staff Lieutenant-General Gabi Ashkenazi on Thursday by honoring him with the US military's highest award. Following the reception, the two met face-to-face and discussed...
Jul 25th, 2008 08:35 AM
'Peace partner' praises child-killing terrorist
 A leading member of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah organization oversaw a delegation yesterday to visit recently freed Palestinian terrorist child-killer Samir Kuntar, calling the convicted murderer "beautiful," and a "pure and clean"...
Jul 25th, 2008 07:34 AM
Mideast Refugees Failure vs. Success
 Israel's birth 60 years ago produced two refugee problems that still haunt us. One we all know about: the flight of some 650,000 Palestinian Arabs from what is now the Jewish state. Most fled out of fear of war, others because they were urged to make way...
Jul 25th, 2008 07:28 AM
Beating plowshares into swords
 The symbolism couldn't have been more depressingly perfect. On the eve of Barack Obama's photo-op visit to Jerusalem, earthmoving equipment being used for improvements to a park frequented by both Jews and Muslims suddenly became a weapon...
Jul 24th, 2008 08:33 PM
Whos the real enemy?
 The recent prisoner swap marked the end of the Second Lebanon War. Everything has been seemingly said about it, all the lessons have been learned, and all the conclusions have been drawn. Senior officials were replaced, the army went back...
Jul 24th, 2008 08:21 PM
Iran ends 'cooperation' with IAEA probe
 Iran on Thursday signaled it would no longer cooperate with International Atomic Energy Agency experts investigating for signs of nuclear weapons programs, confirming that the probe - launched a year ago with great expectations - was at a dead end.
Jul 24th, 2008 08:08 PM
The Mufti of Jerusalem's Nazi ideology
 Although some deprecate the use of the term "Islamo-Fascist," a study of the life of the Mufti shows that the combination of these disparate ideas into one ideology of hate is no Western invention. It is axiomatic that a knowledge of history is a prerequisite....
Jul 24th, 2008 07:37 AM
Obama open to divided Jerusalem!
 In a meeting here today, Sen. Barack Obama assured the Palestinians he supports a "negotiated settlement" that may grant the Palestinian Authority control over sections of Jerusalem, a senior PA official who took part in the meeting told WND...
Jul 24th, 2008 07:18 AM
'Israel faces gravest threat'
 Republican presidential candidate John McCain, appealing to Jewish voters while rival Barack Obama visits the Middle East, said on Wednesday Israel faced the greatest threat in its history because of Iran. The Arizona senator has long criticized Obama...
Jul 24th, 2008 07:07 AM
Eyewitness to the Latest Bulldozer Attack
 Today at 1:57 pm, I parked my car about 200 feet from the King David Hotel. I got out of the car, as did my wife, Rhonda and Moshe Feiglin. We started walking when, about ten feet in front of us, we saw a large bulldozer drop his huge shovel in an attempt...
Jul 23rd, 2008 08:30 PM
Russia to supply new Iran air defenses
 Iran is set to receive an advanced Russian-made anti-aircraft system by the year's end that could help fend off any preemptive strikes against its nuclear facilities, senior Israeli defense sources told Reuters on Wednesday. The first delivery of the S-300 missile...
Jul 23rd, 2008 08:22 PM
3 Palestinian networks coordinate J'lem attacks
 Masses of weapons and explosives are cached in the Palestinian villages and districts of Jerusalem, where three Palestinian terrorist networks are working together to coordinate attacks in the city, according to security-intelligence sources. They decide...
Jul 23rd, 2008 07:40 PM
Signs of new Intifada
 The first Intifada in the late 1980s also started like this, with a series of inexplicable incidents, not connected to terror groups; cases of spontaneous violence. Suddenly we saw bus drivers running over soldiers at hitchhiking stations, or regular drivers running...
Jul 23rd, 2008 07:15 PM
Culture Shock
The foreign media's coverage, or lack of coverage, of Hizb'allah's lavish celebration of the return of Samir Kuntar last week revealed just how journalists covering this region have capitulated at the hands of extremism. With the exception of an editorial...
Jul 23rd, 2008 07:57 AM
Will Israel Attack Iran?
 It is difficult to imagine Israel attacking Iran. It is, however, more difficult to imagine Israel not attacking Iran. Consider three questions: First, does Iran mean what it says about destroying Israel? When its leaders repeatedly call for Israel's annihilation, after...
Jul 23rd, 2008 07:46 AM
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